Director: Max Tzannes
Cast: Brennan Keel Cook, Chen Tang, Erika Vetter
Found Footage: The Making of the Patterson Project is a 2025 American horror-comedy film directed by Max Tzannes, blending mockumentary filmmaking with genre satire as a dedicated crew follows one obsessive amateur director's wildly ambitious attempt to shoot the greatest found footage horror film ever made.
What is Found Footage The Making Of The Patterson Project about?
When an amateur filmmaker named Patterson convinces a documentary crew to tag along on his passion project, what begins as a behind-the-scenes chronicle quickly spirals into something far stranger. Patterson's vision for his found footage horror masterpiece is grandiose, his budget is nonexistent, and his cast and crew are increasingly baffled by his choices. The documentary captures the mounting chaos on set — weird rituals, bizarre creative decisions, and growing tensions among the team — as the line between the horror film-within-a-film and real-life mayhem begins to blur. The result is a wickedly funny and quietly unsettling portrait of artistic obsession pushed to its limits.
Cast & crew
The film stars Brennan Keel Cook, Chen Tang, and Erika Vetter, who anchor the ensemble with sharp comic timing and a convincing sense of documentary-style naturalism. Director Max Tzannes orchestrates the dual-layer narrative — a film crew shooting a man who is shooting a horror film — with precision, keeping the mockumentary format feeling lived-in rather than performed.
Context & significance
For Persian-speaking viewers in the diaspora, horror-comedies that poke fun at low-budget filmmaking culture travel exceptionally well across language barriers because the humor is rooted in universal creative frustration and obsessive ambition. Found Footage: The Making of the Patterson Project arrives with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles available on K-Time, making it accessible whether you prefer to watch in your own language or follow along in the original. The mockumentary format — think films-about-films — has a devoted following among Iranian audiences abroad who appreciate genre deconstruction and self-referential comedy. This is a light, irreverent watch suited to late-night streaming with friends.
Where & how to watch
Found Footage: The Making of the Patterson Project is available now on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles. Stream it on your browser, connected TV, or phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, and no extra download required. Start watching anytime and cancel anytime.